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Permutations
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What is a permutation? (Definition)
Item permutations consist in the list of all possible arrangements and ordering of elements in any order.
Example: The three letters A,B,C can be shuffled (anagrams) in 6 ways: A,B,C B,A,C C,A,B A,C,B B,C,A C,B,A
Permutations should not be confused with combinations (for which the order has no influence) or with arrangements also called partial permutations (k-permutations of some elements).
How to generate permutations?
The best-known method is the Heap algorithm (method used by this dCode's calculator).
Step 1 - for each item, fix it at the beginning
Step 2 - repeat step 1 with the remaining items
Permutations can thus be represented as a tree of permutations: 
How to count permutations?
Counting permutations uses combinatorics and factorials
Example: For $ n $ items, the number of permutations is equal to $ n! $ (factorial of $ n $)
How to count distinct permutations?
Having a repeated item involves a division of the number of permutations by the number of permutations of these repeated items.
Example: DCODE 5 letters have $ 5! = 120 $ permutations but contain the letter D twice (these $ 2 $ letters D have $ 2! $ permutations), so divide the total number of permutations $ 5! $ by $ 2! $: $ 5!/2!=60 $ distinct permutations.
How to remove the limit when computing permutations?
Permutations make exponential values which need huge computing servers with huge memory cells, so the generation are not free.
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